Madeleine Prucha is a freshman at East Rockaway High School. She loves to compete with her gymnastics team, play the cello, be with friends and family, play with her dog, and write poems and short stories. She also belongs to National Junior Honor Society, does cheer, track, and Quiz Bowl, and her favorite subjects are Science and Social Studies. She loves to write for the Gull as it fuses her favorite things to do into one outlet that benefits the whole school.